Curtain rod



Mar. 20, 1923. 1,448,770 w. SCHAEFER CURTAIN ROD Filed July 21, 1921 VMZQ Patented l t/tar. 2C, 1.923.

VJILLIAM SCHAEFEE, OF WATERVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO IBERBECKER &

'ROWLAND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 033 WATERVILLE, CONNECTICUT, A COR- PORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

CURTAIN ROD.

Application filed Ju1y 21,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM Soiriinrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing in VVaterville, in the county of New Haven,

in the State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Rods, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improvement in curtain rods and more particularly to an improvement in extensible curtain rods in which the curtain supporting member or'members are composed of oval or fiat hollow rods supported in position by brackets.

The object of the invention is to provide improved connecting means between the extensible or telescopic members of the curtain rod and the brackets for holding them in place. Many kinds of connections or connecting means between the curtain rod proper and its supporting bracketshave been designed and are in use at the present time, but, so far as known, they are all more or lessobjectionable and unsatisfactory in that they permit a relative movement between the brackets and thecurtain rod when the latter is in place. Moreover, many of them are open to the objection that the curtain rod is too easily and sometimes accidentally disengaged from its brackets. By means of the improved connections of the present invention, the curtain rod is held firmly in position on its brackets without liability of accidental displacement. The invention consists in the improved curtain rod hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred form of the invention Fig. 1 is a top plan of a curtain rod, partly in section, showing the improved connecting means between the extensible members and their supporting brackets Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 otFig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one oi the brackets shown in Fig. 1 Fi g. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of the end of the extensible member adapted for engagement with the supporting brackets; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a bracket adapted for supporting two curtain il'erred form.

1 is a front elevation of the curtain rod shown in Fig. 6; and Fig. 8 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 4:, showinga modified form.

The curtain rod in its general features of construction may be of any usual or pre- The curtain rod illustrated in the drawings is commonly and technically known as a flat rod. The parts of the rod are preferably made from a strip of sheet metal having its side edges folded over to stiffen the rod. As thus formed, a fiat or slightly oval-shaped, hollow rod of great strength and relatively light weight is produced. In Fig. 1 the curtain rod proper is composed of two telescopic extension members 10 and 11, the member 11 beingslidingly received within the member 10. The relative sizes of the two members are exaggeratedly' shown in the drawings in or-.

for engagement with the brackets 15 by which the curtain rod is supported in place on the wall or'casement of the door or window it is desired to curtain or drape.

The improved. connections or connecting means between the extension members and,

the brackets consist of two bosses or pro tuberances 17and 18 projecting in opposite directions from the opposite sides of the arm 19 extending at right angles from the base 20 of each bracket. The bosses or protuberances 17 and 18 may be punched or otherwise formed in the bracket. These bosses are preferably on a line parallel with the base 20 of the bracket. Each boss is at an equal distance from the side edges 21 of the arm 19. This arrangement of the bosses on the arm 19 is for the purpose of having the brackets interchangeable and so that the brackets may be used with either extension member of the curtain rod. The end of the extension members adapted for engagement with the arms of the brackets is clearly shown in Fig. 4C. This end of the extension member is provided with a hole or recess'22 arranged at a distance from one of the angle edges 23 of the extension member equalto the distance the bosses 17 and 18 are arranged from the side edges 21 of the arm 19 of the bracket. hus, when the extension members of the curtain rod are slipped over the arms 19 of: the brackets, the boss opposite the hole or recess 22 will snap therein while the other boss will exert a frictional pressure against the correspond ing fold 24- of the extension member. The extension member will thus be firmly locked in'engagement with the bracket. The en gagement oi the two parts is clearly shown in Fig.2. 1

In order to facilitate the operation. of slipping the extension members on the brackets, the end of each extension member is provided with a groove or recess in line with the hole or depression 22- therein. In

; the preferred form, this groove is shown as a therefrom.

solid and not slotted.

the slot, the adjacent parts of the exten slot 27 and in the modified form shown in Fig. 8, the groove is shown as a longitudinal depression 37 in the end of the extension member. Although the slot 27 in the preferred form facilitates the placing of the extension member on the bracket, yetwhen the extension member is in place it is held as firmly in position on the bracket as thougl'i the end. of the extension member were Thus, by reason of sion member spring back into normal posit on when the extension member has been forced over the boss or protuberance on the bracket. The same efi'ect is secured in the snap engagement with the extension member.

That is to say, the second boss snaps into the hole or recess in the extension member and is held therein. By means of this construction not only is the curtain rod held I firmly in its supporting brackets, but any tendency to side play between them is eliminated.

A. modified form of bracket is shown in F 5. This form of bracket is provided Q with two arms .25. each of which is provided with the. bosses 26 in the same manner that thebracket 15 is provided with the bosses 17 and 18. This bracket is adapted to supporttwo parallelly arranged curtain rods in the well-known manner. Each of these rolls will be composed of telescopic extension members having ends adapted for engagement with the arms 25 in the manner that the ends 14: of the extension members 10 and 11 are adapted for engagement with the brackets 15.

In Figs. 6 and 7 are shownmodified forms of brackets and extensible members embodying the principles of the invention. In the modified form of brackets shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the arms or extensions 28 lie parallel with the bases 29 of the brackets. These arms 28 are provided with the bosses 30 in the same manner in which the arm 19 of the bracket 15 is provided with the bosses l7 and 18. The telescopic extension members 81 and 82 shown in Figs. 6 and 7 extend in a straight line and are provided at their outer ends with the contracted portions 33. Each of these contracted portions 33 is provided with a hole or recess 3-1 for receiving one of the bosses on the arms 28.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A curtain rod comprising telescopic extension members, a bracket adapted for engagement within the end ofeach extension member and connections between the bracket and the extension member consisting of two bosses on the bracket projecting in opposite directions, one boss being adapted to be received within a recess in the extension member, and a groove in the extension memher in line with the recess to facilitate placing the extension member on the bracket.

2. A curtain rod comprising fiat telescopic extension members, a bracket consisting ot a base plate and a flat armadapted to be received in the outer end of each extension member, and connections between each arm and each extension member consisting of two bosses 011 the arm parallel with the base'plate and extending in opposite directions, one boss being adapted to be received in a recess in the extension member and the other boss being adapted to frictionally engage with the inner wall of the extension member.

A curtain rod comprising two fiat telescopic extension members. two brackets. each bracket consisting of a base and a flat arm adapted to be received. in the outer end of one of the extension members to hold the curtain I'OCl'lIl place, and connections between the extension members and the brackets consisting of two bosses on each bracket arm extending in opposite directions, said bosses being at equal distances from the side edges of the arm of the bracket and being arranged in a line parallel with the base of the bracket and a recess in each extension member for receiving one of the bosses on each bracket.

4:. A. curtain rod comprising two telescopic extension members, two brackets each consisting of a base and an arm adapted to be received in the outer end of one of the extension members for holding the curtain rod in place, and connections between the brackets and their respective extension members consisting of two bosses on each bracket 5 arm extending in opposite directions, said bosses being at equal distances from the base of the bracket and from the side edges of the arm thereof, a recess in each extension member arranged to receive one of the bosses, and a groove in each extension memher in line with the recess therein to faci1itate placing the extension member on the bracket.

WILLIAM SCHAEFER. 

